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I want to make a whole leaf Amarillo and Simcoe IPA. I saw that all the major online stores were out of one or the other last month. Now rebelbrewer.com seems to have both in stock. Any chance that they got a new shipment of year old hops in, or does this pretty much mean that they got fresh...

My issue is that my water department reports ion levels in ml/L not ppm. Where can I find a calculator that accepts ion levels measured in ml/L? Thanks.

Anyone get a bottle or keg this time around? My area seems to be flooded with it. Even the local taco stand has it on tap. Bottles are still sitting on the shelves at the local bars. More is coming on draft. Last year it was flying off the shelves because of the Brew Masters show. Not...

What variety of hops causes this aroma? I have had two Avery beers that have the most wonderful pineapple aroma! I first noticed it in a keg of Maharaja (could not detect pineapple in the bottled version). Now, a bar in my town has a keg of "duganA", and the pineapple aroma just hits you...

Dogfish Head 120 minute, Avery's Maharaja, and Oskar Blues' Dale's Pale Ale + G'knight are a few examples I can think of.

I pitched Roeselare blend and malto dextrin at the beginning of secondary, and the batch is 6 months old. Its sitting in a mostly full 5 gallon carboy. It does not have enough vinegar for my taste. Can I put half a gallon of the batch in a one gallon jug with a piece of foil over it, and...

I just brewed this recipe for Stones black IPA, 120 IBU's with 4 ounces of whole hops dry hops. When it went to bottle, it had a wonderful hops aroma, and tasted fine. Two weeks later, the hops flavor and aroma is gone...

Keg cowboy doesn't even seem to offer a three dial dual regulator (two dials for keg pressure, one dial for tank pressure). Is ok to run a two dial regulator for two kegs? (each keg has the same pressure) I've never kegged before, and it seems like it would be easier to pump 30 pounds to one...

The last two all grain batches i brewed have been mashed at too low a temperature because of a broken thermometer, maybe 135 or 140 degrees. Both batches have had estery aroma at the end of primary, but the i couldn't really taste it in the beer, just smelled strongly of bananas or apple cider...

I missed my mash temp, and mashed too low. Maybe 135 degrees. Now my IPA is going to finish closer to 1.007 instead of 1.017. Will it taste bad if i add a whole pound of malto dextrin to this 5.5 gallon batch? That would raise the FG from 1.007 to 1.015

This is my first all grain wheat beer. About half the grist is malted wheat. There is a crazy amount of trub floating around. Is that normal, or did i miss a step? About half way through the boil, it tasted BITTER. Was that all the trub in the sample? This is kiwi wheat beer, and the end...

First, I use hopville recipe calculator. Why does 13lb4oz of 2 row pale malt give a different color than 9lb14oz of LME? They have equivalent SG. I thought LME and 2 row pale were different forms of the same product. I am trying to make a barley wine. Here's the original recipe grain bill...

...for home brew competitions, etc. Thanks.

I just picked up a copy of the Dogfish Head Extreme Brewing book. I can't wait to try some of these recipes (the only reason I bought the book). The fact that ALL the recipes are written in the form of extract directions (not all grain beer calculator style) is PRETTY annoying. The Belgian...

I just received 2 weldless bulkheads with valves from bargainfittings.com. Each kit comes with the following parts: 2 inch barrel coupler with internal threading hex nut washer external threaded pipe valve two rubber gaskets. my question is where do the gaskets go? what order to the...

I was hoping for a 1.025 FG, but i didn't mash hot enough and ended up with 1.015 FG. Then I racked to secondary and added the microbes (Roeselare) at 1.015 SG. Should I add enough dextrin to raise the SG from 1.015 to 1.025? I want the microbes to have something to feed on, and I don't want...

Here's the scenario. I pitched 1 vial of WLP001 liquid californial ale yeast into 5 gallons of hoppy IPA at 70 degrees. After 12 hours the bucket lid was bulging at 68 degrees, after 24 hours there is steady bubbling at 64 degrees and falling. 1. Can I reuse the yeast on a 1.080 OG black IPA...

i have not decided if i'm going to use slits or going to use holes yet. this is a diagram of my setup. i'm using a 5 gallon round cooler. i need help designing the slits/holes in the manifold so that i don't get stuck runoff. i'm concerned because i only have four different 4.25" runs that will...

I ordered whole hops, but have never used them before. How much will 4oz expand, if any? I plan to use a 5 gallon carboy for secondary.

i'm trying to scale down this recipe provided by Stone Brewery, but i don't know how big their "barrel" is. here's the original context: BLACK IPA This is what I got directly from Stone Brewery about a month ago. Have not brewed it up yet, but will very soon. XI is by far one of my top...